The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-16
NATIONAL NEWS.

ALBANY, Jun0 lU.-ITOSlO6nG Ol0V6-
land and party reached here in a pri-
vate car at $50 o'clock this morning
by way of East Albany. at 7:15
O'Clock President and Mrs. Cleveland
drove to the new executive mansion in
carriage with Adjutant General Por-
ter. At O'Clock the party break
tasted with Governor Hill. The short
time remaining after breakfast was
spent in inspecting the beauties of the
new executive mansion, which was
formerly opened by their visit. On
the way to the station the President
was measured at his tailOr's for his
summer clothes. He left with his
companions, except Mrs. Cleveland, by
special train on the West Shore Rail-
road at 1915 a. m. A crowd of about
100 persons were assembled to see him
off. Mrs. Cleveland will go to Osweg0
this afternoon to visit her friend Miss
Kingsford.
ARRIVED AT JERSEY CITY.
NEW YORK, June 10.-At $3.50 p. m.
to-day President Cleveland reached
Jersey City from Albany. The Presi-
dent sat at the rear window of the car
and looked quite Drowned. He did not
leave the car. The Presidents car was
attached to the Washington limited ex-
press which left at O'Clock.
THE PRESIDENT AT HOME.
The President arrived in the city at 8
O'Clock tonight. A carriage was IN
waiting at the end of the railroad
yard, and he was driven to the White
House. A few railroad officers and two
or three friends of the President were
the only persons present when he
alighted from the train.
| EQUIPPING THE MILITIA.
For the purpose of carrying out the
act OF Congress making an annual ap-
preparation to provide arms and equip
ments for the militia, the following
regulations have been issued by the
War Department.: The Adjutant
or before, July LIST of each year report
| to the War Department the number of
regularly enlisted, organized and uni
formed active militia in each state and
territory, and this report will be the
basis of the action to be taken
for the ensuing year. acquisitions fol-
any or all of the public property pro-
vided for in this act will be made by
the government of the several states
and territories on the War Department;
of the S4OO, 600 appropriated in the act
Kansas gets SIS, 924 and Missouri Sl4,-
764.
YELLOW FEVER UNDER CONTROL.
/ Acting Surgeon General Stoner to
day expressed the opinion that the vel
low fever at Key West is well under
control and that there is not much
danger of its spreading beyond its
present limits.
BAYARD's ANSWER TO WEST.
Secretary Bayard to-day made public
the correspondence between himself
and Mr.. West, the British Minister, il
regard to assisted immigrants. Ths
Minister asked for statement of thu
position of this Government in REGARD
to immigrants whose passage was paiC
in whole or in part by the British Gov
eminent. He said he referred to TIN
crofters and others who hal
them. In reply, Secretary Bayart
5 said he could not undertake to pro
, nounce upon immigrants as a class
, that it must be purely a matter @
l Individual application. That in ever
!. case in which the immigrant promises
g to become a burden on the communit
s that immigrant would not be permittel
b, to land, whereas if the reverse wer
true he would be welcomed; that e2
!. perience has shown that the putativ
: friends of many who came to thi
t country never appeared to loo
q after them, and that eve
: in cases in which they do tn
S immigrants who rely on friends in thi
: country for help and support as th
K only means Of saving them from bE
e coming a public charge after hayin
a been assisted to this country as a d.
e sirable accession TO our population, an
' he adds: "And their exportatio
e hither by foreign government in orde
+ to get rid of the burden OF their SUI
o port could scarcely be regarded as
d friendly act or in harmony with exis
r ing laws
~ NO DIAMONDS IN KENTUCKY.
III A bulletin Is published by the geolof
ical survey upon the peroditite {
Elliott County, KY. This is the 70
nation which owing to its identit
p with that of the Kimberly and 9th,
N diamond mines of South Africa and
= the similarity of its surrounding gee
y ogic conditions gave rise to the pr
sumption that there might be diamond
in Kentucky. Mr.. j. S. Diller, Il
author Of the bulletin, makes but
brief allusion to this point. He sa,
4. that no diamonds have been found
, Kentucky, and that the shaIe in q
, immediate vicinity of the dikes do n
4 appear TO be sufficiently rich in carlo
ID aceous matter to excite much enth
g. siasm.
r JUNE CROP REPORT.
d. WASHRGUON, ID. c., June 10.-Jul
returns Of the department of agrieE
tHTe Indicate 3 reduction of nearly ~